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We know a Kohen can not be in the same ohel as a dead person. From what I learned, a moving vehicle does not block the tumah from coming into the car/van/plane etc. So, if one is traveling in a vehicle, he is technically sitting in one spot each time he moves (only for a millisecond, but he is stationary). The same is true for a dead body in a hearse, car or plane.
My question is, if a Kohen is about to enter a tunnel and he sees a hearse with a dead body (AND YOU KNOW THE NIFTER IS A JEW), can he enter the tunnel?
Or to add to da’s question, how could a Kohein EVER enter a tunnel, unless he knew for sure there was NO meis?
(Same when visiting someone in a hospital. There almost always are meisim in a hospital.)
da is right, you most certainly may not enter the tunnel. The relevance of “moving” however is not that you are “technically sitting in one spot each time he moves only for a millisecond”, because tumas ohel does not require sitting like bayis hamenuga. Rather the car should be its own ohel and protect you, except that since it is moving it is an ohel zaruk which does not block tumah.
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